1. Sphere of Control
1.1. Projects we accept
1.2. content shared on website
1.2.1. Diverse, Inclusive visual representation on website
1.3. The way we look at data by race
1.3.1. criteria we disaggregate data by
1.4. Bias of visual content/ graphics available to use
1.5. Creating inclusive presentations
1.5.1. Bias of multiple identifying indicators? race, gender, age, abilities
1.6. How we support TA schools to analyze their student populations
1.6.1. Bias of "model student"--do they need our focus?
1.7. The way we interpret cultural differences--negative (not like us) or positive (different culture, how might that be a benefit)?
1.7.1. Interrogating who "Us" is, and how we define ourselves and others in various contexts
1.7.2. our own experiences
1.8. Presentations we give
1.8.1. graphics used/ populations represented
1.9. How we visually present information
1.9.1. AA visuals are often conflated with middle/high income
1.10. The research we consume - Diverse researchers? Studies of diverse populations? Theoretical orientations that promote equity?
1.10.1. Interrogating what counts as knowledge and data in various contexts, and who might excluded or disenfranchised by the research field
1.11. Not making racial equity only about Black and White
1.11.1. which marginalized groups are prioritized
1.11.2. Not thinking they need us--they've "made it"
1.12. How we market ourselves
1.12.1. Who we market ourselves to
1.12.1.1. the priorities of the organizations we work with
1.13. Acknowledge that issue is important even though we may not have large AA pop in many of the places we work.
1.14. partners we recruit and hire
1.14.1. methods used to recruit, how we "market" ourselves
1.15. our own language choice
1.15.1. Easy to under-estimate a problem if you haven't witnessed it yourself or have trouble picturing it
1.15.1.1. Expecting a non-native speaker and/or raised in another culture to behave and interact like "majority culture"
1.16. Saying NO when it doesn't reflect our values
1.16.1. the values
1.17. How we interact with the community outside of the office
1.17.1. Do we talk the talk all the time?
1.18. Hire diverse staff at ECC and IIDC
2. Issues we can advocate for but not control
2.1. perspectives; understanding
2.1.1. Identifying assumptions about who will or will not be in alignment with our views
2.1.2. stakeholder implicit bias
2.2. School Policies and Procedures
2.2.1. systematic racism
2.3. School-Related Political Policies and Procedures
2.4. Policies based on data
2.4.1. :star: inequitable data/ review processes/decision making
2.5. others' actions
2.5.1. implicit bias
2.6. decisions of stakeholders
2.6.1. beliefs, values
2.6.2. inequitable service delivery
2.7. Encourage employment of AA pop and other diverse groups
2.8. State planning/procedures
2.9. use the info
2.10. Diverse state teams
2.10.1. leadership biases
2.11. hiring pool
3. Sphere of Influence
3.1. ideas we share
3.2. Vocabulary we Use
3.2.1. readability level taken into consideration?
3.3. VOTING - How we vote influences what is or is not succeeding in the House and Senate
3.4. conversations with the state teams
3.5. our presentations and graphics we use
3.6. Our newsletter articles
3.7. Research projects we disseminate and how we use language in these
3.8. Resources we offer
3.8.1. Publication Bias - Who is published? About whom/what?
3.9. Our outward facing work-presentations, language, resources can be representative, positive, etc.
3.10. What we put out on social media/emails
3.10.1. Ideas about what is "palatable" or "appealing" to the early childhood audience (i.e., Which audiences count?)
3.11. What we model in our work
3.11.1. Diverse or homogeneous interpretations of best practice? Of professionalism?
3.12. How we talk about equity, disparities etc..
3.12.1. Are we targeting all the groups or select groups?
3.13. Suggestions about how to address productively when AA populations in classroom, school, area are low
3.13.1. Bias due to low pop-only a few families, do we want to spend the money on translation, etc. ?
3.14. How we interact outside of the office
3.14.1. Do we talk the talk all the time?